The argument that Trump’s base consists largely of rust-belt industrial is a flimsy argument based on false assumption, stereotypes, and false data.
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Unity with whom and to what end?
“Unity” is a tricky slogan. Every trade unionist knows that the foundation for a successful strike is unity in the ranks—if a majority supports the strike, all workers, no matter how they voted, must honor the picket line and not cross. That’s a pretty clear-cut case where unity advances the […]
How to fight the far right
After the big mobilizations against Nazi hate in Boston and the Bay Area last month, there has been a flurry of attacks against violence. Not against far right violence—instead, the attacks have been against those committed to stopping the Nazis. Hard as it is to believe after the string of […]
Bourgeois revolution and workers’ revolution
In all past revolutions, the universal goals expressed by its participants masked underlying differences. General appeals to the interests of humanity, “the people” or the nation covered over the fact that in these struggles there were different class forces with differing ideas about what the revolution meant. In the […]
Socialists and the Democratic Party
THE MASS outpouring of protest against Donald Trump and his policies has been inspiring, drawing out hundreds of thousands of people and creating a situation in which the possibilities for solidarity–in defending every group Trump attacks–have become more tangible. There is not only anger against Trump–and, of course, a great […]
On the theory of permanent revolution
I hope that the reader will not object if, to end this book, I attempt, without fear of repetition, to formulate succinctly my principal conclusions. 1. The theory of the permanent revolution now demands the greatest attention from every Marxist, for the course of the class and ideological struggle has […]
The origins of class inequality
In an English preface to one of his most important works, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Engels summed up succinctly what he and Marx meant by “historical materialism”: “I use… the term ‘historical materialism’… to designate that view of the course of history which seeks the ultimate cause and the great […]
